Sherman abraham waterbury



N0. 625,226. Patented May I6, I899. S. A. WATERBURY.

COLLAR BUTTON AND CRAVAT HOLDER.

(Application filed Feb. 3, 1898.)

(No Model.)

INVENTOR ATTO R N EY NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SHERMAN ABRAHAM WAT-ERBURY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COLLAR-BUTTON AND CRAVAT-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 625,226, dated May 16, 1899. Application filed February 3, 1898. Serial No. 668,976. (No model-l To all 1071,0772 it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SHERMAN ABRAHAM \VATERBURY, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of New York city, county and State of New York, have invented and made certain new and useful Improvements in Collar-Buttons and Cravat-Holders; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description or specification of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part thereof.

Collar-buttons having base-shoe, shank, and hinged head and provided with a pointed hook attached to the shank and arranged to enter aperforation in the hinged head and when in use in a collar to hook into the cravat to hold it in place, and also collar-buttons without hinged head, having a stationary hook to engage with and hold the cravat in place, have been made and used in various forms prior to my present invention.

My invention relates to substantial improvements in collar-buttons having hinged heads and cravat-holding hooks, whereby the defects of those prior in the art are remedied; and to this end my invention consists in certain elements and combinations fully set forth in this specification and claimed at the end thereof.

In order that persons skilled in the art to which my invention appertains may understand, construct, and use my said invention,

I will proceed to describe it, referring to the drawings herewith, in which Figure 1 is a side View of my invention with part of the shank and the head in central section as used. Fig. 2 is the same with the hinged head swung back as it would ap- 7 hole of the collar.

pear when about to be entered in the button- Fig. 3 is a back view of Fig. 1 with the hinged head as it would be when in use in the collar, the hook-point being downward. Fig.4 is a back view of Fig. 2 with the hinged head swung back previous to being entered in the buttonhole of a collar. Fig. 5 is a top view.

A is the shoe of the button, circularin form, and supports the shank B. The upper end of said shank B is provided with pivots which project beyond the thickness of said shank an elongated slot G through the thickness of the shell, extending diametrically of the circular head and wide enough to permit it to work freely over a hook-pin E, secured to or a part of shank B.

F is a bottom plate secured in head 0, slotted and provided with depressions to receive a pivot on shank B. This plate F, which is properly called a hinge-plate as well as bottom plate, is circular and fits within an internal flange on head 0.

G is a spring-plate circular in form and slotted circularly at two places to admit the arms of the hook. It rests within the hollow of head 0, bearing against the under side of 'aseparate pin, orit may be a part of the shank B itself. It is bent, as at e, under the head 0 in the same direction always as the offset carrying the pivots on shank B and ina rightangular direct-ion'to shank B. It then bends, as at 6 about parallel to shank B, passing upward through the slots in plate F and spring-plate G and head 0, and then bends, as at e backward in line with slot G in head 0 and toward the hinge on shank B and substantially parallel with arm (2. The point e inclines toward and nearly into the slot G in head C.

I am aware of the patent to Strait, No. 292,517, dated January 29, 1884:, andBustis, No. 319,063, dated June 2, 1885, of record, and I do not claim anything set out by them in their patents. In both devices the hooks are dangerous to the users and tear the fingers. Neither have heads to their buttons with elongated slots. In both devices the head of the button in being turned down when: in the collar turns toward the point of the hook-pin and tears the fingers, while in my invention the contrary is the fact.

Operation: The several parts being as shown in Figs. 1, 3, and 5, in order to use the 7 button for securing the collar in place and to secure the cravat also in place-the head 0 is swung back upon its hinge D, as shown at Figs. 2 and 4, and then the head 0 is entered through the buttonhole in the shirt and also the collar. The head 0 is then turned down again to the first position, as at Figs. 1, 3, and 5. The tie or cravat is then put on as usual and theinner portion of the cravat-band caught under the hook-point e This being done, all are held firmly together without danger of movement until it is designed to remove the cravat and collar, when the tie is loosened from the hook-point 6 the head 0 turned back, and the collar removed in the usual manner.

It will be particularly observed that since the point of the hook extends downwardly and the slotted head is hinged to the upper side of the shank in swinging the head 0 backward the finger willgrasp the head and turn it toward or against the point e of the hook E; but no injury can be done by the point to the finger, as it does not come near the point in swinging back the head, being protected by the circular head and plate. It will also be observed that in returning the head 0 to its proper position, as in Figs. 1 and 3, the fingers thrust from the rear of the hook toward the point, so that no injury can occur in this operation. In other words, by my invention all danger of injury to the fingers, which has heretofore prevented the .use of such hinge-and-hook buttons, is avoided.

Having now fully described my invention and the manner in which I have embodied it, what I claim as new and as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a collar-button and cravat-holder, the combination consisting of the shoe A; shank B; head 0; provided with elongated slot G, and hinged to shank B; hook E, secured to shank B, and bent as specified, to project through elongated slot G in head 0 and provided with heel e and point e; all constructed to operate substantially as specified,whereby the head 0 is adapted to swing backward against and forward from the heel (2 toward the point 6 of the hook E.

2. A collar-button and cravat-holder consisting of a shoe, a slotted hinged head, and hook-pin having a downwardly-extending point, a shank connecting said head and shoe, said head hinged to the upper side of said shank, whereby the slotted head when swung upon the shank is adapted to be moved toward the point of the hook, substantially as and for the purpose described.

SHERMAN ABRAHAM WATERBURY.

Vitnesses:

CHARLES W. Low, JAMES M. HICKS. 

